Barbie Ballpoint Vs. Protester of Protesting!

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Seriously, kids--remove a person's ability to be heard and there are only two directions for them to go in: submit or get violent.

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Billy Knows a Threat to American Freedoms when He Sees one!

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So, I wanted to include in this strip a line about how even late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was on...

Barbie is worried Billy might say something to get himself in trouble.

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This classic strip is all about protesting how we pretend something is much better than it really is. Like our...

From 2006: Sometimes the right thing seems like the wrong thing and vice versa.

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It's the question Edward Snowden asked himself: Do I do what's right (principles), or do what is wrong (prison term).  Then, there's also the aspect of the bar being set pretty low to get the accusation of treason these days.  I mean, even on the liberal side of things, you could get some criticism pretty close to a treason accusation from some Hillary supporters if you threaten to vote Trump.

I'm honestly nervous about even posting this strip because of how unstable our right to free speech has become.  So, to be clear: I am not endorsing treason or treasonous acts in this strip or anywhere else.  Yes, Billy is suppressing the urge to do something treasonous, but he IS resisting (and he IS fictional).  But the urge is there because that's how messed up things were in 2006 when I drew this comic.  It could be argued that things are even worse now but, even then, I am not endorsing any course of action, I'm just a cartoonist hoping that America is still a place where free discussion can occur.

Hopefully...

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BALLPOINT ADVENTURES for February 16, 2015: Billy Wonders Why Your God is so Scared of Cartoons

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Ultimately, I feel like this undermines any argument for the existence of a supreme being as most religions define them.  I mean, seriously, if the guy (or gal) who created the universe is really threatened by some words or a drawing, he must of shot his load creating the universe because now he can't stand up for himself?  And if you think ending a life over someone's words or drawings (or ending a life in the name of those words or drawings) you need to get a blog.  Seriously.  Express your feelings and get them out of your system.  You'll feel better.  Then go read some science books.